ONE Act a Week: Create an anti-poverty Internet meme

Jan 27th, 2012 1:35 PM UTC
By Malaka Gharib

Action: 27. Time: 10 minutes. Level of difficulty: Moderate.

This week, we thought it would be fun to ask our ONE members to create their own Internet meme based on our issues. In case you don’t know what a meme is, it’s a concept that spreads swiftly via the Internet. It’s the funny cat pictures you’ve been sharing. It’s the “S%@! Girls Say” offshoot videos you’ve been watching. It’s Rebecca Black’s “Friday” song you’ve been listening to.

Most Internet memes are funny, crazy and let’s be honest — pointless. So, what if we could create Internet memes that pushed us to do something important, like take action against poverty, break a stereotype or change our thinking about an issue?

The new media team came up with a couple of examples to help illustrate this point:

Now it’s your turn to come up with something. Create your own anti-poverty meme using the I Can Has Cheezburger Internet Meme builder, then submit the URL of your meme to us using the form below. Next Friday (Friday, Friday!), we’ll post up our favorites on an album on the ONE Facebook page.

Remember, poverty is a sensitive issue, so please try to be positive, uplifting and considerate when creating your meme!

Have fun.

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